Attachment for bedsteads.



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G. P. BROWN.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADR APPLICATION IIILED no. 22. 1906.

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7? may UNITED STATES PATENT orrron OYRIL PEOK BROWN, OF SPRING LAKE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE, HALF TO JOHN FRANKLIN JOHNSTON, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 7, 1906.

Application filed December 22,1905. Serial No. 293,019-

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CYRIL PEcK BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spring Lake, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful attachment for bedsteads; and its object is to permit the ordinary standard metallic bedstead and its contained spring or mattressframe, in which when set up the parts have permanent and rigid relation to each other, to be transformed into a folding bedstead, and to accomplish this transformation in an especially simple, efficient, and economical man: ner. This object I accomplish by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of a metallic bedstead and mattress-frame having my invention applied in connection there with. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same device when the parts have been folded as designed, the end sections being the head and foot pieces, having been swung into a line parallel to the folded-up mattress-frame. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the folding attachment, the side of the same being parallel to the head or foot piece to which it is attached, and this figure shows the device in folded-down position and shows the side of the same opposite to its head or foot piece. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same folding device, showing the same in its folded-up position and showing the side of the same adjacent to its head or foot piece. Figs. 5 and 6. show the right and left forms of attachments to the head and foot pieces, respectively, designed to furnish receiving-sockets for holding and supporting the mattress or spring frame when it is in folded-down position. Figs. 7 and 8 show forms of attachment designed for application to the wooden frames of mattresses when such form of frame is used. Fig. 9 is a detail of a portion of a vertical post of the standard metallic bed, showing the standard form of permanent lugs attached thereto. Fig. 10 is a detail side view, and Fig. 11 a top plan view, of the lug which I hereinafter call the accessory turning-lug.

The ordinary standard metallic bedstead common upon the market and which practically all manufacturers are making has head and foot pieces, the posts or standards of which are at a suitable distance above the floor provided with projecting lugs of form such as is shown in detail in Fig. 9, designed to receive and support the bed-rails connecting the head and foot pieces, and of form suitable to receive a vertical bolt. The regular standard mattress or spring-frames upon the market are provided at head and foot with transverse bars, either of wood or metal. If of wood, they are flat and of suflicient width to give the desired rigidity and strength. If of metal, they are of angle-iron, having for greater strength a downwardlyprojecting flange. It 1s these common well known standard forms of the units which make up a complete metallic bedstead that I design to unite into a simple and eflicient folding bedstead.

In the drawings, A represents the foot-section corresponding to the foot-board of a wooden bedstead.

B represents the head-section, which is necessarily of the same width, but is usually, though not necessarily, higher than the footsection.

C represents the mattress or spring-frame which forms the support of the bed itself. The side bars or rails of this mattress or spring-frame which connect the transverse bars at the head and foot of the same are in the standard frame on the market sufficiently strong and rigid, so that they may operate as the sole connection between the head and the foot sections and entirely take the place of the ordinary bed-rail or side connecting-bar,

With which in my invention I entirely disense. p D represents the vertical standard of the folding device. It is of any suitable shape and height; but it should for greatest efficiency be somewhat higher than the highest level at which it may be desired to adjust the bed-frame. This standard D has a laterally-' projecting arm D. This laterally-projectlng arm may be of any desired length; but it constitutes the fulcrum or turning-point of the: bed-frame and should be projected far enough beyond the inner line of the bed so ioo that the same will lift and fold up easily. This fulcrum or turning-point should be located at approximately the same distance from the vertical standard D as the distance -which the bed-frame is lifted above the floor,

' connection with the inner edge of the bed,

but at the same time entirely to avoid the expense and awkwardness of such weight and the labor of lifting caused thereby. At the extremity of this lateral arm D is pivoted the vertical bar D and it is so pivoted that this arm D (shown as vertical in Fig. 3) may be turned down into the horizontal position,

. sothat it will lie alongside of the lateral arm D. This arm D" upon the reverse side in Fig. 3, and upon the edge which is the upper edge when in horizontal position carries the right-angled lug D the horizontal position of which enters the notch D engaging therewith, and the vertical portion of which extends down upon the other side of D when folded, thus maintaining D and the parts carried thereby in proper firm rigid relation when the bed is folded up to the standard D and. its connected parts. To this vertical arm D is attached the bed-supporting T- frame E. This frame is attached to the arm D by means of a bolt passing through thearm D or a threaded stud upon such arm and passing through a vertical slot in the frame E. This bolt-and-slot connection with any ordinary form of screw-nut used, with the bolt, permits the vertical adjustment of the frame E upon the arm D to an extent limited only by the length of the slot, and in this way the height of the bed-frame can be adjusted asdesired and to accommodate the position of the supporting-lugs upon the posts of the head and foot frame in the bedstead to which this invention is to be applied.

The frame E is provided at its top with transverse eXtensionsE and E The former provides support for the bed-frame at the I point still further from its edge, and the lat- .55-

ter, being in approximate sliding contact with the side of the vertical standard D, acts as a guide when the bed-frame is turned up to its vertical position and at the same time stiffens the device and holds the bed-frame in rigid position with reference to the standard D as against any lateral strain. These transverse I extensions E and E are provided with (or perhaps only the extension E is provided with) a suitable clip or with suitable clips for detachable connection with the transverse rail at the head and foot of the bed-frame. I have indicated in Fig. 3 two such clips by Figs. 1 and 2, and I have shown them operated by a suitable thumb-nut. that the depending flange of the angle-iron, if the spring-frame is metallic, or the depending flange of the attachment for wooden frames, which I have shown in Fig. 7, will dro down between these clips and the main b0 y of the arm E and that when the clips are screwed up the two will be held in rigid connection. The outer end of E is provided with the hook E which when in the position shown in Fig. 3 passes around and engages the standard D, thus locking the bed-frame against further downward folding, and also by engaging D upon both sides supporting against lateral strain. If, as is usual, the bedstead-frames are supported on casters, this folding attachment D will be supported on similar casters.

Upon the side of the standard D which is intended to be adjacent to the head or foot frame I provide projecting lugs 3 and 4. I provide also what I call an accessory turning-lug, which is included in Fig. 4 and shown in detail in Fig. 10,which is cast or manufactured entirely separate from the standard D and attached parts and consists, essentially, of the vertical web 5, with lug 6 projecting in one direction and lugs 7 and 8 projecting in the other direction. Lug 6 is drilled with a suitable hole to receive the bolt 9, by which firm and rigid connection is made to the standard-lugs upon the posts at the head and the foot frames. Lugs 7 and S are'also drilled with registering holes to receive the bolt 11, which passes through cor responding registering holes in lugs 3 and 4. There is thereby formed a hinged connection between the standard D and the head or foot frame to' which the device is attached. This hinged connection permits a free lateral swing of the head or foot frame upon the standard D as a door swings upon its hinges and at the same time permits the accessory turning-lug 5 to be adjusted vertically within the limits between the lugs 3 and 4, so that the accessory turning-lug 5 may be accommodated to the vertical position of the permanent lugs upon the posts of the head or foot frame. These accessory turning-lugs 5 are provided and are used, as will be apparent, upon the two corner-posts of the bedframe, which will normally be the inner corners standing against the wall or which are adjacent to that edge of the bed-frame which is designed to be the lower edge when the same is folded up. In order to make the necessary connection between the head and foot frame at or near the other or outer edge of the folding bed-frame, I provide two similar accessory lugs, which I call accessory locking-lugs, (shown in the right and lefthand form in Figs. 5 and 6,) and designedzto beat- It is evident tached to the two permanent lugs upon the two other corner-posts. These accessory lugs have the vertical web 12, which, in connection with the bolt 13, permit their firm and rigid attachment to the permanent lugs upon the cornerposts. zontal frame or bed 14 and the upwardlyprojecting vertical web 15, provided with the vertical slot 16. This vertical slot 16 upon at the top receives the depending flange upon the angle-iron forming the transverse bar at the head or foot of the bed-frame, if of metal construction, or a similar depending flange upon the attachments to wooden frames. The slot is of suflicient width and depth to make a close fit with the flange, wh ch it receives, and, with the shown beveled or sloping form of the vertical web, guides the same to and holds the same in its exactly proper position. Upon the lower outer corner of this locking-lug I provide a rib or other means of the form shown by 17 in Figs. 5 and 6 or otherwise so shape this portion of the lug that it is approximately triangular in vertical cross-section and forms a downwardly-proj ecting latch. It is apparent that when the frame is folded up and the head and foot sections are folded in upon each other this looking-lug will be substantially upon the same level with the cross-bars upon the head and foot frames, which cross-bars customarily connect and carry the permanent lugs upon the posts of these frames. Therefore by lifting slightly the head or foot frame, whichever is last folded in, this latch 17 will drop over and look upon the cross-bar upon the other end section interveningbetween this lug-carrying section and the bed-frame. The two end sections will thereby be locked quite firmly together, and neither one can be unfolded until they are lifted out of engagement. At the same time they are thereby locked in position parallel to the folded-up bed-frame, and all three parts become one firm structure held in this folded position and capable of being moved about upon casters or otherwise, as convenient, without losing the parallel relation to each other.

The accessory turning-lug (shown in detail in Fig. 10) I have constructed with a horizontal bed or plate drilled for the bolt 9 and carrying an extension in the same plane drilled for the bolt 11. This plate has a downwardly-projecting vertical webprovided with another extension parallel to the first and also drilled to receive the bolt 11, as above described. This vertical web both in this accessory turning-lug and in the acces sory locking-lug bears against the permanent lugs of the posts and, together with the attaching-bolts, makes a very firm and rigid 7,

connection. I find it convenient also to make of oblong shape the holes in the horizontal plates of these accessory turning and accessory locking-lugs, through which holes They also have the horipass the attaching-bolts. This oblong con struction permits a slight adjustment and when employed calls for the use of the washer 18; but such oblong form. is essential only where adjustment is necessary.

It will be apparent thatv when in use the mattress andbedding may be held in position by any customary means. In the practical use of my invention I take the ordinary metallic bedstead on the market, removing the side rails, with which I dispense. I then attach to the permanent lugs on the posts the two accessory turning-lugs, placing these at the corners of the bed, which will be against the wall or which will be along the lower edge when the bed is folded. I then attach at the other corners the two accessory lockinglugs;' I then attach to the two accessory turning lugs the supplemental folding standards D by means of the connecting hinge bolt. To these folding standards I then attach the bed or mattress frame, clamping the flange depending therefrom in the clamps 1 2. This completes the connection between the parts, and the bedstead may then be folded or unfolded, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a supplemental supporting-frame intermediate the end section of the bedstead and the bed-frame and detachably connected both to the end section and to the bed-frame, a hinged connection between such supple-' mental frame and the end section, and a hinged connection between such supplemental frame and the bed-frame.

2. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a supplemental supporting-frame inter mediate the end section of the bedstead and the bed-frame and detachably connected both to end section and to bed-frame, and a hinged connection between the bed-frame and the end section carried by such supplemental frame and located at a point approximately the same distance-within the side post of the end section as the elevation of the bed-frame from the floor, whereby the bedframe can be folded up with its lower edge close to the floor.

3. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a supplemental supporting-frame intermediate the end section and the bed-frame and detachably connected thereto, said sup plemental frame constituting a hinged connection between the end section and the bedframe, and comprising also a bed-frame receiving and supporting device detachably connected to the end section.

4. An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a pair of pivoted bed-frame-supporting members adapted to be connected with the bed-frame and interposed between the ends of the bed-frame and the end sections of the bed, a vertical support for said members, and means for hinging the vertical supports to the end sections of the bed.

5. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a standard having a laterally-extending arm, a bedframesupporting member pivoted to said arm and movable from horizontal to vertical position, and means for hinging thg sitandard to the post of an end section of a e 6. An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a standard having a laterally-extending arm, a vertically and adjustable bed-framesupporting member pivoted to said arm and movable from horizontal to vertical position, and means for hinging the standard to a post of an end section of a bed.

7. An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a standard having a laterallyextending arm provided with a notch, a bed-frame-supporting member pivoted to said arm and having a protuberance adapted to engage in said notch and overlap one face of said arm, and means for hinging the standard to the post of an end section of a bed.

8. An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a standard having a laterally-extending arm provided with a notch, a vertically-adjustable bed-frame-supporting member pivoted to said arm and movable from horizontal to vertical position, said member provided with a protuberance adapted to engage in said notch and overlap one face of said arm when said member is moved to vertical positionand said member provided with a hook adapted to overlap the standard when said member is moved to horizontal position, and means for hinging the standard to the post of an end section of a bed.

9. An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a standard having a laterally-extending arm, a bed-framesupporting member pivoted to said arm and having a pair of adjustable clips for securing the bed-frame thereto,

and means for hinging the standard to the.

post of an end section of a bed.

10. An attachment for bedsteads, embodying a pair of accessory locking devices, each of said accessory locking devices com prising a bed portion, a vertical web projecting in one direction therefrom and provided with a slot, a vertical web extending in an opposite direction with respect to the direction in which the first-mentioned vertical web extends, an angularly-disposed rib portion forming a continuation of said bed, and a holdfast device.

11. A folding attachment" for bedsteads, comprising a pair of pivoted bed-frame-supporting members connected with the bedframe and arranged intermediate the ends of the bed-frame and the end sections of the bed, vertical supports for said members, means for hinging the vertical supports to the end sections of the bed and engaging therewith for retaining the end sections and bed-frame together when moved to folded position.

12. A folding attachment for bedsteads, comprising a pair of vertically-adjustable and pivoted bed-frame-supporting members adapted to be connected to the bed-frame and arranged intermediate the ends of the bed-frame and the end sections of the bed, vertical supports for said members, means for hinging the vertical supports to the end sections of the bed, and means carried by the end sections of the bed and engaging there with for retaining the end sections and bedframe together when moved to folded position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CYRIL PECK BROWN. Witnesses:

A. O. DENISON, MARY S. LOOKER. 

